Hardware swapping ps3 bluray drive

[C175R]

hey guys.
I have a 80gb PS3(yes, one of the first ones that came out) but sadly my bluray disc drive is broken. it doesn't read any disc nor anything.
So one of my friends tells me that his PS3 60GB got YLOD and his not planning to fix it nor do anything about it. just buy a new one for him.
If I get his disc drive will it work on mine? or do i have to get one that its from an 80GB PS3?

 

[ben_not_benny]

Just buy and install a new laser module that corresponds to your model. They're like $20-30 on various websites.

I don't recommend you direct swapping drives because each drive (with the exception of the newest PS3 Slims starting from CECH-25xx) have its own logic board so that they only work on the PS3 they're "married" to. Plus your friend's PS3 could have a module that's different from yours and may or may not work properly.

You can remarry drives to another PS3 using homebrew but you must be on an exploitable firmware (under 3.55) to do that.

 

[C175R]

my ps3(80GB) is on kmeaw 3.55. but my friends PS3(60GB) is not.

 

[ben_not_benny]

Here's some documentation on remarrying if you are interested: http://www.ps3devwiki.com/wiki/Remarry_Bluray_Drive
As the entire process is quite long and technical don't attempt anything unless you know exactly what you're doing.

You can also just swap the laser modules between both PS3s if they are the same.

 

[C175R]

thanks. I'll save that on my bookmark and try to do it when I can

 

[nikegame]

I think buy a new one can solve your problem completely!Old one may have some other problems on your ps3!